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THE INTERNATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ALLIANCE 807 Florence Miller, England; Miss Vida Goldstein, Australia; Mrs. Sofja Levovna Friedland, Russia; Mrs. Gudrun Drewson, Nor- way; Miss Florence Fensham, Turkey; Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs.. Rachel Foster Avery, United States. Mrs. Catt announced that a delegate from Germany, Miss Antonie Stolle; one from Chile, Miss Carolina Huidobro, and one from Sweden, Mrs. Emmy Kvald, would arrive later. A committee of five was appointed to consider a plan for international cooperation Mrs. Miller, Mrs. A very. Miss Stolle, Mrs. Drewson, Miss Goldstein. At another session its recommendations were read and adopted as follows : 1. That it is desirable to form an International Woman Suf- frage Committee for the purpose of acting as a central bureau for the collection, exchange and dissemination of information concerning the methods of suffrage work and the general status of women in the various countries having representation on the committee. 2. That the delegates to the conference be instructed to ask their respective societies to appoint three representatives to act on such a committee. 3. That in the event of societies declining to cooperate, the delegates be authorized to form a separate International Commit- tee in their respective countries. 4. That the secretary of the International Committee be in- structed to communicate with known suffragists in countries not represented in this conference and to recommend cooperation with the international organization. . . . Tl - unanimously of the opinion that the above temporary form o| organization would result in most satisfactory international cooperation. It was held that each nation should iiortunity to aid in the forming of the permanent organ i /at ion and that the present needs would be best served by a temporary International Committee. It was agreed that the next International Woman Suf "nfcrcnce should be called in Merlin in i <)<>}. in connection with the Quinquennial Meet -lie International ( 'ouncil of Women, and that mean- time each nation ^hoiild be asked to consider this movement and